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Marc Gasol (groin) scored a season-high 36 points during an 88-86 win over the Blazers on Thursday, adding nine rebounds, two assists and four 3-pointers in 34 minutes.

What right groin injury? He popped up on the injury report today, but looked totally fine. The Grizzlies are on a five-game winning streak and Gasol is the heavy favorite for Western Conference Player of the Week. In his three wins so far, Gasol has averaged 30.0 points, 10.7 boards, 5.0 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.3 blocks and 2.3 treys on 50 percent from the field. Big Spain has been a top-five player for standard leagues over his last 10 and is making a great case for the All-Star team. Dec 9 - 12:31 AM

Marc Gasol (groin) will start against the Blazers on Thursday night.

He gets an outstanding matchup tonight against a sub-par Blazers interior defense and rebounding. Gasol may have a slight hit in minutes, so he's a risky DFS play even when it's not on a back-to-back set. He's an obvious start in season long leagues. Dec 8 - 7:45 PM

Marc Gasol (right groin) is questionable for Thursday against the Blazers.

This is a new injury for Gasol. He played a whopping 80 minutes combined on Monday and Tuesday, which is by far the most he's played in a back-to-back set. Gasol did play down the stretch on Tuesday night and didn't appear to be hurt. That said, the Grizzlies could choose to be careful with their best player even though they're not on a back-to-back set tonight. If he's out, Zach Randolph and Jarell Martin figure to pick up extra run. JaMychal Green's upside also goes up here. Dec 8 - 4:12 PM

Marc Gasol said during Tuesday's postgame interview that he just wants the ball in his hands.

"I just want the ball," said Gasol. "I don't care where, how, I just want it and to be able to make a decision with it." Gasol is currently operating with a career-high 26.6 usage rate to accompany his career-high 24.5 assist percentage, and those two things have culminated in him pumping out top-30 value on the year with averages of 19.2 points, 5.9 boards, 4.2 assists, 1.6 blocks, 1.5 triples and just 2.1 turnovers per game. He's going to be a beast moving forward sans Mike Conley (back). Dec 7 - 11:03 AM

Depth Charts

General manager Chris Wallace said Mike Conley (back) could return "in the near future."

Yes, this is about as vague as it gets, but it's worth a mention. Coach David Fizdale said Conley's return from his traverse process fracture could come down to pain tolerance, and Conley has been moving around a lot on the bench with all the exciting finishes lately. It may also help that the Grizzlies are on a five-game winning streak and are just 0.5 games out of the No. 3 seed. While Conley is still likely going to miss multiple weeks, he should be owned in almost all leagues and Andrew Harrison's value will fall off a cliff.

Vince Carter (hip) is questionable to play against the Warriors on Saturday.

He's getting closer and the sense around the team is Carter has a legitimate chance to make his return after missing six games. Carter's hip injury could keep him limited in his first game back, so he's unlikely to match his season average of 26.5 minutes per game upon his return. Troy Williams would take the biggest hit.

Chandler Parsons (left knee bone bruise) will be listed as out for all games this coming week and will be re-evaluated in 7-10 days.

The headaches for Parsons owners continue. Even this news is frustrating in the sense that it means he'll miss at least 10 more days, yet it's not dire enough to cut him outright. The Grizz announced that Parsons is "progressing as expected." If you have held onto Parsons this long due to his potential upside, it probably makes sense to stay patient in the hopes he comes out of this latest setback closer to 100%.

James Ennis (calf) has progressed to going through non-contact, on-court work, and he will be re-evaluated in 7-10 days.

That means Ennis will miss all of Memphis' games this upcoming week, which means Troy Williams and Troy Daniels will get all the run they can handle with Tony Allen flirting with close to 30 minutes. Ennis is not worth stashing in most leagues.

Brandan Wright underwent arthroscopic ankle surgery on Tuesday and is out indefinitely.

Wright tried to alleviate the pain in his left ankle through a non-surgical procedure on November 8, but apparently that didn't do the trick. The oft-injured big man has suited up for a mere 20 games over the past two seasons, and he's reportedly going to miss at least the next two months of action. Leave him on the wire.